How do I delete a channel?

"Discord! SEND HLP PLZ, I need to delete a channel on my server!""Why's that you say?""I can't let my friends see my obsession with Middle Earth."

Don't worry friend. The process to delete a channel is much simpler than the journey to destroy The One Ring (we don't even need help from the eagles).

The Shortest Steps Known to Dwarf, Hobbit, and Elf Alike:

1.Click the gear icon next to the name of the channel you wish to delete.

2.When in the overview tab, click on the trash icon in the bottom left corner to delete the channel.

Note: You cannot delete the general chat channel. If you accidentally delete all of the voice channels (including the general channel), right click the server title and select "Create Voice Channel.", or click the "+" button.

Just like that, you've managed to escape an entire trilogy's worth of problems.

@Cilantrelle Yes, but how do I switch which channel is designated as the default do-not-delete channel? I can rename #general to whatever I want, but it's still designated as the default. How do I change that setting?

@nukeforum there's not really any "default" channel, but the #general just takes on the additional detail of not being able to be deleted. If you want to make a welcome portal, you can check out the "advanced community server setup" article. That one's a bit more detailed, though.

@Cilantrelle as admin of the server I think I accidently removed admin manage channel options does this mean that only the owner of the server can delete that channel now? thank you for answer/advice btw :)

Im wondering that, i think i accidently locked myself out of a voice chat settings when trying to set one up, cuz the gear icon is gone for me, and as far as im aware i have the same ranking as the server owner on there :/

I am the owner of the server and one of my channels is missing the cog entirely. On mobile and desktop. The moment I clicked to the X in @everyone "Manage Permissions" or "Manage Channel" (can't remember), it no longer allowed me to edit anything, including to click off the X. All I could do was close the dialog box, and then the cog was gone. It's been a few days (and therefore a few restarts of the applications) and the problem persists. I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere else online. Any ideas?

This is entirely possible, I've just done it.
If you click on the cog, go onto Permissions on the chat channel and press "Manage Permissions", the first one that appears is the red X which automatically locks you out of editing perms for this channel or deleting it.